Baling-press.



G. E. RIDER.

BALING PRESS.

APPLXCATION HLED JULY 7, 1913. Lll. Patented June 15, 1915.

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G1. E. RIDER.

BALING PRESS.

APPLlcATloN FILED luLY 7. 1913.

Patented June 15, 1915.

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BALING PRESS.

APPucATmN FILED xuLY 7. 1913.

Patented lume 15, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO.,PHOro-L1THO.. WASHINGTON. D. C.

GEORGE E. RIDER, 0F KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

BALING-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 15, 1915.

Application filed .Tilly 7, 1913. Serial No. 777,642.

T0 all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. RIDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ealing-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to baling presses and one of my objects is to produce a driving mechanism for the press of as few parts as possible arranged compactly and in a manner to afford easy and thorough lubrication.

It is also my object to provide a simple means for connecting this driving mechanism with a drive for propelling the baling press vehicle when desired.

Both of these driving mechanisms are so designed as to occupy practically no more space than a single drive shaft.

A further object is the provision of a door for controlling the feed opening from the hopper into the press to be operated automatically in time relation to the plunger.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the novel and peculiar construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, is a vertical section through the press, the same beingtaken along the line I-I of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 2, is a broken side view of a portion of the press. Fig. 3, is a vertical y section along the line vIIlTII, looking in the direction of thearrow, on Fig. 2. Fig. 4, is a detail on an enlarged scale showing in elevation a portion of the feedl door drive. Fig. 5, is a side viewof a part of the press driving mechanism, being `partly in section along the line V-V of Fig. 1. Fig. 6, is av vertical longitudinal section Vthrough the middle portion of the press. Fig. 7, is a horizontal section through the lower portion of the feed hopper. Fig. 8, is a detail in horizontal section showing the operative position of one of the clutch throwing means.

Referring to the drawings, the apparatus comprises the usual press frame 2, providing a baling chamber 4 in which operates a plunger 6 for carrying the material as fed through the feed opening 8 into the forward portion of the baling chamber where it is retained by theusual retainers 10 upon the The plunger is connected back stroke of the plunger. l In the present case the feed opening is formed in one side of the press and communicates with the hopper 12. The plunger is equipped with a tail sheet or apron 14 which closes the feed opening when the plunger is forward of said opening, so as to guard against any material being fed in behind the plunger. Thus the material may be fed into the hopper at any time so far as the plunger is concerned. by a link 16 to the lower end of an oscillating lever 18, the upper end of which is pivotally mounted between brackets 20 carried by the press. This lever is provided with a longitudinal slot 22 within which operates the roll 24 of a crank formed by a pair of arms 26 having hubs 28 `iournaled in the lower portions of brackets 20 and spaced apart by a sleeve 30, the free ends of the arms having a pin 32 for journaling said roll. y

The lever 18 is also formed with a transverse slot 34 intersecting the slot 22 to provide clearance for the sleeve 30, during the oscillation of the arm.

or operating the crank, power is taken from a pulley 36 which is loosely mounted upon a shaft 38 journaled within the hubs 28 and sleeve 30. This pulley is arranged to be moved bv a link 40 and lever 42 into clutching relation with a reducing gearing which is of well `known principle and mounted within a housing 44. This housing is internally geared as shown at 46, to co# operate with a series of planetary gears 48 which in yturn mesh with gears 50 rotating about the aXis of the shaft 38. The outer one of the gears 50 is provided with a clutch hub adapted tobe clutched with the pulley 36 while the remaining gears 50 are formed on disks 52 which are also provided with bosses 54 forming trunnions for the gear wheels 48. `'The outer disk is Aalso provided with an additional boss 56 diametrically opposite its gear wheel in order to balance it since this disk rotates faster than the remaining ones of the series. The gear wheels and disks are held in assembled relation bv means of a spring 58 surrounding the hub of the outer gear 50 and bearing at one end against the housing 44 and at its other end against a plate 60which is also carried by said hub and bears flatly against the outer face of the adjacent gearing. The inner disk is provided with clutch jaws 62 adapted to engage with corresponding jaws 64 formed on the adjacent hub 28, said jaws being held normally clutched under the influence of the spring 58. v

lt will be understood that power is transmitted from the pulley 36 through the gearing described to the crank at a speed correspending to the ratio of the `gearing Ll8--50, which gearing can be changed to substitute a dilferent ratio to suit the requirements of the particular engine supplying the power. Besides shielding the gear from foreign matter or from accidental Contact with,V the workmen, the housing forms a reservoir'for the heavy oil 66 whereby the gearing is kept continuously and thoroughly lubricated.

On the opposite side of the press, the shaft 38 has journaled thereon, a pair of mutilated gear wheels 68, with their hubV portions clutched together and the hub of the inner wheel also clutched with the adjacent hub 28 on one of the crank arms 26. These wheels are adapted wto drive intermittently a lbeveled pinion 7 Oon the adjacent end of the shaft 72 mounted in bearings 74 on the press frame.y f

The shaft 72 is designed to be oscillated at 'thefproper times for opening and closing the door 76 which in one position closes the opening 8 while the plunger is passing and in open or raised position allo-ws the mate-l fed into the hopper 12 ready to `be opening into the rial to be carried 1n through the door baling chamber by the door when the same behind one of is again closed. This door is provided with arms 7 8, the upper ends of which are fixed to the shaft 72. Wlhile the plunger is traveling past the door the latter is held locked by means of a pivoted catch 80 which is held by a spring 82 in locking position; and withvone portion of the catch immediately the side margins ofthe door as clearly shown-in Fig. 7. Vhen in operative position a nose portion 84 of the catch projects withinV the baling chamber into the \path of the plunger and as soon as the latter Y has traversed the door opening 1t engagesl saidnose portion and swings the catch out l of operative position Vso that the door will be free to swing under the action ofthe gear-V wheels 68. j j The bevel pinion isprovided with a shroud plate 86 which just spans the dis- Vtancebetween the-outer margins Vof the wheels 68 and thereby cooperates with the catch to lock the door'when the latter is closed. Each of thewheels 68 is provided at proper intervalswith peripheral notches,

af short notch 88 adjacent its toothed portion 90 and a longnotch 92 diametrically opposite notch 88. The wheels are so clutchedV together that the notch Y92 of each wheel will be opposite the toothed portion of the other wheel, and so arranged that as the wheels, which are continuously rotated in the direction of the arrow, see Fig. 4, come into a poof the shroud 86 willv have just reached theV end of the notch 92of the opposite wheelV and be free to turn into said notch While the diametrically opposite corner of the shroud will be free to turn intothe adjacent notch 88, which will4 have advanced suiiiciently to permit this turning movement of the shroud. The dotted lines in Fig.V 4 show diagrammatically two stages of the shrouds movement after the same has started to rotate through the turning of the pinion, from which it will be obvious that the notch 92 must be longer thanV the oppositenotch in order to permit the shroud-to turn through a half revolution. ,Y

It will be understood that after the shroud has been thus turned, the wheels 68 continue to rotate without aifectingthe pinion 70 and the door 76 is held stationary until the wheels have moved through another half revolution when a similar operationas regards the pinion and shroudtakes'place only in reverseorder due to thefreversef'arrangement of the notches 86 and .92 and the toothedportion 90VV atthe ,opposite sides of said wheels, thereby swinging the door in' the opposite direction.' Y Y As it may be desirable at times to propel the' truck ofthe press'by means-of the power applied to the pulley`86 I provide for this bysecuring a sprocket wheel Y94 to the endof the shaft88 which carries the wheels68. Y-

This shaft, it will be understood7 isnormally stationary,.the other driving elements which ierV have been described being merely loosely f mounted thereon.

When not @driving the baling mechanisiml arrange'to unclutch the same by throwing outthe inner disk 52-fromv engagement with theadjacent hubV 28 and engaging the hub offsaid disk with a key 96 secured to the shaft. This action is caused to take place in vopposition to the spring 58 by means of a bail 98 the endsof which are pivoted to cranks ',100 secured to the outer ends of a pair of short rock shafts 102 mounted in thehousing; The inner endsY of the rock shafts are provided vwith cams sprocket wheel is intended to d'riveva chain 12e 106 to be suitably connected with a drivenV Y element, not shown, associated with the rear axle of the truck. A Y

It is thought that .from the understood. 'To briefly summarize, the operation 1s as follows; power is transmitted j foregoing the `i operation of the apparatus will be clearly tin from the pulley 36through the gearing48-A A 50 at al reduced speed to the" crank which operates the Vlever 18; as the, roll movesthrough 139 the lower end of the slot 22,'the leverl 18 is advanced to give the plunger its forward stroke, the door 76 being meanwhile locked and the wheels G8 turning freely by the shroud 86 without turning the pinion 70. l

When Ythe plunger has passed the door opening, it trips the catch 80 preparatory to the opening ofthe door. As the roller 24 emerges from the lower half of the slot 22, the plunger attains its maximum compression stroke just prior to which thedoor has started to open through the operation of the mutilated gears. is soon as the door has risen sufliciently to open the hopper' the latter may be filled with the material to be baled which will -be carried into the baling chamber upon the next downward movement of the door. The plunger is retracted by the movement of the roll 24 through the upper portion of the slot 22 and it will be observed that this being that portion of the slot which lies adjacent to the pivot of the link 18, the plunger is given a quick backward throw requiring little power while the forward working stroke of the plunger takes place while the roll is within that portion of the slot, which, while it moves the plunger more slowly, gives a longer arm whereby to exert greater power on the plunger.

rThe catch 80 operates automatically, being always returned by the spring 82 to normal locking position after the passage of the plunger in either direction and after the return of the door to closed position, it being understood the door on closing turns the catch on its pivot in the same direction as it is turned by the forward movement of the plunger.

All further operations of the baling mechanism are the same as that already described, but when it is desired Vto stop the machine, the rod 40 will be operated to throw the pulley 36 out and thereafter the machine may be self-propelled by lifting the bail 98 which will unclutch the gearing 49H50 from the baling mechanism and clutch it with the pulley 36 as well as with the shaft which drives the sprocket drive connected with the rear aXle of the truck.

At the intersection of the slots 22 and 34 an angle piece 108 is pivoted to the lever 18 in such a way that the lower arm of the angle will bridge the slot 34 and afford a track for the roller 24 as the latter passes from one end of the slot 22 to the other. When the roller 24 is vin the upper end of slot 22, it engages the upper arm of the angle piece 108 and thus swings the lower arm of said angle piece up out of the slot 34 to permit the lever 18 to move and allow the shaft to enter the left end of the said slot 34.

From the foregoing it will be Vapparent that l have produced a baling press embodying the features of advantage enumerated as desirable, and I wish it to be Vunderstood that while 1 have illustrated and described one embodiment of the invention, 1 reserve the right to all modifications falling within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

1. 1n a baling press, a baling chamber provided with a door opening, a plunger mounted to reciprocate within said chamber' past said opening, a door for controlling said opening, means for intermittently opening and closing'said door, and means acting automatically to lock the door when the same is closed, said locking means being adapted to be tripped by the plunger in its advance stroke to unlock said-door.

2. ln a baling press, a baling chamber provided with a door opening, a plunger mounted to reciprocate within said chamber past said door opening, means for driving said plunger, a door for controlling said opening, a shaft provided with a pinion for operating said door, and mutilated gearing connected with said driving means and adapted to coperate with said pinion for intermittently closing and opening said door in timed relation with the plunger.

3. 1n a baling press, a baling chamber provided with a door opening, a plunger mounted to reciprocate within said chamber past said opening, means for driving said plunger, a door for controlling said opening, a pair of mutilated gear wheels connected with said driving means, and a shaft provided with a pinion and shroud located in cooperative relation with said gear wheels, said pinion being adapted to be intermittently driven by said wheels for opening and closing the door, and said shroud cooperating with the gear wheels to lock said shaft and door during the intervals of f rest of said pinion.

4. In a baling press, the combination of a plunger, a crank for driving the plunger, a driving member rotatable about the same axis as said crank, and means interposed between said member and crank for transmitting power from the former to the latter at a reduced speed.

5. In a baling press, the combination of a plunger, a crank for operating said plunger, a pulley, and speed reducing gearing for transmitting power from said pulley to said crank, said crank, pulley and gearing all operating about a single aXis transverse to the press.

6. 1n a baling press, a baling chamber provided with a door opening, a plunger mounted to reciprocate within said chamber past said opening, means for driving said plunger, a door for controlling said opening, a shaft and pinion for operating said door, means for intermittently engaging and rotating said pinion, a drive pulley, and means interposed between said pulley Yand plunger' driving means for transmitting power from the former to the latter at a reduced speed, said pulley, power transmitting means, plunger driving means and pinion rotating means all operating about the saine axis.

7. In a baling press, the combination of a baling chamber, a plunger mounted to re# `oiprocate within said Chamber, an oscillating lever for driving said plunger, said Vlever having a longitudinal slot and a trans.

verse slot intersecting the longitudinal slot, a shaft mounted in the path of movement of the transverselyv slotted portion of the lever,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for a? crank arm earried'bysaid shaft and provided with a roller adapted to travel in said longitudinal slot, and an angle piece'pivoted on said lever near the intersecting. portions of said slotsin position to, be engaged Y l by saidv r'oller and moved to intermittently bridge the transverse slot."

In testimony whereof,"1 affix my *signa-` ture, in the presence ot two witnesses. K

E. RIDER.

Witnesses: i

CHAS. W. GERARD, Gr. Y.VTHoRrE.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of r-rlatentls,

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